ALANA DAGENHART

is a poet and artist from North Carolina. She is the author of a poetry collection,Yellow Leaves (Redhawk Publications, 2022), and a chapbook, Blood (Finishing Line Press, 2016). Her poems have appeared in various journals including Emrys, Main Street Rag, Pinesong, Kakalak, and Tar River. Both her art and poetry seek to show life in color. She is particularly interested in the intersection of poems and paint: Words as texture and symbol, paintings as poetry.